New beginnings at the BBC

As anyone witness to my prolix ramblings (nothing that a pair of scissors won’t fix) on Twitter will have suspected, I’ve not been in an office for two months. This has been prior to a new beginning for me: from tomorrow, I’m working for the BBC, in the role of Head of Multiplatform Products, BBC Vision. I’m blisteringly excited and appropriately terrified. Broadly speaking, I’m going to be responsible for the production of multiplatform services which are not directly related to individual television programmes – for a better description of what this means (and to see the crib sheet that helped me through the interview process) I recommend Dan Taylor’s description of the job context over at Fabric of Folly.

So, tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life, as it probably is for most people reading this. Tin hats on!

Comments

Wish i worked in an economy big enough to afford its own Head of Multiplatform Products at its public broadcaster. Though in reality 80% of the content I’d be multiplatforming originates from teh beeb anyway so at best i’d be localising and adapting. Again. Sigh.

But enough from Eeyore. Best of luck mate! Shake ’em up! And keep in mind that much of that stuff has an international audience, and you’d do well to consider how to make that all internationalise-able from the get-go (and yes that’s a word, because I say so.)

Sounds like a great gig, congratulations to you! As someone who’s had the privilege of working with you in the past, and who probably consumes more of the non-TV BBC stuff these days living out here in California, I think you’ll be a perfect fit, and I wish you every success with your new life at the BBC. Hope you meet Ronnie Corbett in the cafeteria and get to make jokes about the food.